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OBJECT TYPE: camera/image orthicon
DATE: 1950
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1976.0270.003

MANUFACTURER: PYE T.V.T. LTD.
MODEL: 3716C
LOCATION: Cambridge, England

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General Information

Serial #: 248
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 4
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: STEEL CASES AND CABINETS

Dimensions

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Width: N/A
Height: N/A
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Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Television
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: PYE
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: Cambridge

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1950'S & 60'S
Canada: USED AT CBC STATIONS IN OTTAWA
Function: Used in tele-cine chain to amplify the picture from the camera and correct its frequency response.
Technical: THIS CCU AMPLIFIED THE PICTURE FROM THE CAMERA, CORRECTED ITS FREQUENCY RESPONSE, ADDED TO IT BLANKING AND SYNCHRONIZING WAVEFORMS TO PRODUCE A COMPOSITE VIDEO SIGNAL AT STANDARD LEVEL AND POLARITY AT THE VIDEO OUTPUT SOCKET. IT GENERAYED VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL SCANNING SIGNALS, TIMING SIGNAL AND ALLOWED FOR AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT OF THE CAMERA TO VARIOUS LEVELS OF ILLUMINATION.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: N/A
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: BLUE & WHITE PAINT
Decoration: N/A

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PYE T.V.T. LTD., Control unit, circa 1950, Artifact no. 1976.0270, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1976.0270.003/

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